Collapsible hut and other collapsible structure



- J. BLASCHECK.

COL LAP SIBLE HUT AND OTHER COLLAPSIBLE STRUCTURE. APPLICATI'OPLHLED MAR.2I, 1921 1,392,110. Pawnted-Sep .27,1921-..

2 SHEETS-SHEET L J. BLASCHECK.

COLLAPSIRLE HUT AND OTHER COLLAP SIBLE STRUCTURE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21, I921.

Patented Sept 27, 1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

- 16W @WMiM UNITE OFFICE.

JOSEPH'LBLASOHECK; or wnsrcrrrr-o -san, .ENGLAND, ,ASSIGNOR TO DLAsonEcK PATENTS LIMITED, or LONDON, ENGLAND, 'A 'co rrANY' or .THE UNITED KING- DOM or GREAT BRITAINT'AND IRELAND.

COLLAPSIBLE 1m AND mam COLLAPSIBLE' s'rnucruimr To all whom it may comm.-

Be it known that I, Josnrri BLAscHEoK, a subjeotofthe Kinmof England, residing at hVestelilf-on Sea ilngla'n'd, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin and Relating to Collapsible Huts. and other Collapsible Structures (for whiclrIhave'Ifiled anapplication in England Jan. 13,1:92 O), of which the following saspecificationp I This invention. relates to' huts, sheds. and thelike of the kind inwhich the floor, or

bottom, side, andaend wallsandroof ortop arehinged togetherso as to bereadily'collapsed without separating the. parts thereof and has for its obj ect improvements whereby such structures, furniture, ,and theatrical scenery (all of which ar hereinafter deemed V 'to be included inthe. word hut ,),can be more readily collapsed for transport orstorage', and their subsequent recreation facilr .tated. i

Advertising novelties, toys, Christmas cards and the like representing similarYob- 'jectsin miniature are similarly constructed.

. According to theflimprovedjhut, the floor,

walls. and'froof are each complete in fthemselves andare hlngedvtogether Insuch a way that. when in theirjerected position a they mutually support each other] and impart great rigidityto thestructure. I Togthis end the lower edges of the side walls are'hin'ge'd tothe corresponding edges of the floorg'in sucha-manner as toenable' one of thernto be turnedinward s fas tolie flat on thefsaid floor and theother to be turned outwardand to also-lie flat but. with its upper'edgedirecte'dlaway from the other. side. The roof ishinged tdthe upperedge of the inwardly folding side so a ro extend in the same direction as the outwardly folding side. wall when the structure is collapsed andthe end walls are hinged to the vertical edges ofthe ner as to enable them to be turned inwardly when the structure is collapsed. The outer edge of the roofis connected with the upper edge ofthe opposite side warty one or more stoodthat whenthev end walls are'in position between the parts aperfectly rigid structure A explained; outwardly folding side. wall in sucha .man-

.ends'iofthe aforesaid strings: arepulled'and so cause Specif cation of Letters Patent. -Pat'ented Sept, '27 1921, l dApplication Ifiled it rc'il ai, 1921,; Seriallfio 454,215.

is provided; *Ifit is desired to provide the hutwith agable, the roof may behinged in the center and the upper edges of'the end walls are of angular formation. i

;It will be understood that the windows and doors .ofifthe hut may be formed in its walls inthe usual way. I Y lVhenit is desired to collapsethe hut the end sans are turned inward on theirihinges andthe side walls, fioorjand roof folded up.

' In eenstrucu g al miniature hut according jto ,the present in'vention to form, a Christmas card advertisingnovelty, toy or the like, the

flioor part maybe istuek or otherwise secured "to aboard. upon the upper surface of which flower beds, lawns and paths, advertisements or otherfmatter may be printed. Strings mayfalso be'attached to the outer edge of the.

roof, andpassed through holes near theup'per edge of. theadjacent side wall to a suitable point nearthe outer edge of eachof the end iwalls ftowhich they are respectively 5 made fast, leaving free ends that pass through 1101a n the side, wall adjacentv to [the free edge of each of the end walls ,whenfin their proper positions.

WVith this arrangement I theend wallsare hinged to theupright edges of the front wall which, when collapsed is folded outwardly soas to'lieonits face; The

.end walls. are turned inwardly on their .hinges. andin sodoing' draw the free'ends I [otthe strings through'the' holes inthe rear wall atthe same time leavin the string between the end walls and the reeedge or the .roof slackso as to enable the rear wall and thereof to belstraight'ened out and folded over the end and front walls. x c I practice the collapsing of the miniature .is'efleotedby'pi'essing the, free edgesof the ,end walls inwardly and folding the other member over the front wall as hereinbefore In order to reerect the miniature hut,.the

the parts to assume their erected positions. I .7 ltwlll beobservedthatthefloor, walls and roof of theminiature hut can be formed out of one piece of card-board or other suit- .able;material creased so. as to" form hinges when desired. Itwill also be observed that the outer side ofthe Walls and roof are on the same side of the cardenabling the pictorial details of the hut, advertisements or other matter to be printed on them all together.

-' I will now proceed to more particularly describe my invention with the aidof the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a collapsible miniature house constructed in accordance with the present invention.

' Fig. 2 is an end viewof-same.

Fig. 3 is a similar viewto that shown in Fig. 2 in which the end walls are hinged inwardly, and the roof raised preparatory to collapsing the structure.

Fig. 4 is an edge view ture'collapsed, and p i r Fig. 5 is an outside view of a blank'from which the miniature house illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2 is constructed, laid out flat.

According to the construction illustrated by Figs. 1 to "5 the" miniature house is constructed from a blank (illustrated by Fig. '5) composed of cardboard or other suitable sheet material creased at the parts indicated showing the strucby tlie dotted'lines 9. These blanks are preferably cutout of a sheet upon which the pictorial details and other matter appearing on the exterior of the house are first printed or otherwise produced. The floor a, front wall b, rear wall (Z, roof f, and end walls It, i,

are folded upon the creases 9 into the positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, and'the floor a cemented or otherwise secured to a base?" of similar material shown in Fig. 2 upon the upper surface of which flowerbeds, lawns and paths, advertisement or other matter maybe printed or otherwise produced.

A string s is secured to the roof f and passes through holes t in the front wall'b,

theendwalls 7t, i,.and the rear wall d. This string is secured to the inside of the end walls i i, such as by means of a knot (not shown) at a point which enables the string of the drawings. 'With this arrangement the miniature house is erected in the following manner by pulling both ends of the string 8 a which by turning the end walls it, i, on their hinges raises the rear wall d intoa perpen- "dicular' position and by lowering the outer edge of the roof f causesit to rest upon the upper edge of the front wall 6.

The house may be provided with a porch a formed from a blank cut out of sheet material and suitably creased'and cemented or otherwise secured to the front wall I; and base 1" of the structure.

It will beun'derstood that the walls, floor and roof of the hut may be composed of separate pieces of material and attached to each other by cloth, metal, or other suitable hinges and .any of the said partssuch as -them, a roof hinged to the upper edge of the wall opposite the one to which the end walls are hinged and across which it extends,

holes near the top ofthe wall adjacent to the outer edge of the roof also near the outer edge of the end walls and in that part of the wall adjacent to the'outer edge of said end walls when in their erected positions, and cords attached to the outer edge of the roof passing successively through one of the holes in the adjacent wall and afterward through the hole in one of the end walls to which it is attached and finally through the hole in the wall adjacent thereto when'the structure is in its erected position substantially .as set forth. v

2.'A collapsible structure comprising" a floor part, a long wall hinged to the corresponding edge of said floor part, to enable said wall to be folded inwardly so as to lie upon saidfioor, the other lon wall hin ed to the opposite ed e ofthe oor to ensihle such wallto berfol ed outwardly; end walls hinged respectively. to the opposite vertical edges of the outwardly folding wall to enable them to be folded inwardly uponit, a roof composed of partshinged together to enable it to conform to the contour of the upper edge of the end-walls and hinged to the upper edge of the inwardly folding wall to enable it to be opened outwardly, and extending across the outwardly folding wall, holes near the top of the wall adjacent to the outer edge of' the roof also neainthe outer edge of the end walls and in that part ofthe i wa 1 adjacent to the outer edge of said end walls when in their erected positions and cords attached to the outer edge of the roof passing successively through one of the holes the hole in one of the end walls to which it is in the adjacent wall and afterward through attached andfinally through the hole in the wall adjacent thereto when'the structure is in its erected position substantially as set forth.

3. A ,collapsible structure comprising a floor, walls and roof formed integrally of a piece of sheet material creased to form hinges on the lines Where the long sides join the floor, at the vertical sidesof one of the said long sides where it joins the end walls and at the upper edges of the other long wall where it joins the roof, pictorial details and other markings on the side of said sheet of material forming the outer walls and roof of the structure, holes near the top of the wall adjacent to the outer edge of the roof also when the structure is in its erected position near the outer edge of the end walls and in substantially as set forth.

that part of the wall adjacent to the outer In testimony whereof I have signed myedge of said end walls when in their erected name to this specification in the presence of 5 positions and tcords attached to the outelr two subscribing witnesses.

ed e of the roo passin successivel t irou 011% of the holes in the adjacent wall aid JOSEPH BLASCHECK' afterward through the hole in one ofv the 'Witnesses: end walls to which it is attached and finally FLORENCE ROSE SMITH, 10 through the holein the Wall adjacent thereto EDGAR A. GQDDIN. 

